Device for suspending light-reflecting bowls.



E. L. WHITE.

DEVIQE FOR SUSIPENDINGLIGHT REFLECTING BOWLS. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 14- I916;

1,223,130. Patented Apr. 17,1917.

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EDWIN L. WHITE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO J". H. WHITE MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR SUSPENDING LIGHT-REFLECTING BOWLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 17,1917.

Application filed December 14; 1916. Serial na'ise'gszs.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Devices for Susp ending Light-Reflecting Bowls, of which the following. is a specification.

My invention relates to means for suspending bowls in lighting fixtures, particularly of the semi-indirect lighting character, in which it is customary to secure metal hangers to the rim of the bowl to which hangers chains are connected; and where deflectors are employed above the bowl it has been necessary to provide the deflectors with apertures through which the chains pass. The object of my invention is to provide a device for suspending bowls in lighting fixtures whether the bowls are provided with hooks or hangers or not, and in either case to dispense entirely with the necessity for employing chains or providing the shades or deflectors with apertures. The invention consists essentially in providing a ring having a bottom outwardly turned flange with gripper fingers to secure the ring within the neck of a shade or deflector,

and arms extending from the flange of the ring provided with means for either connecting them to hangers upon the bowl or directly to the bowl for suspending it beneath the shade ordeflector.

The details of the invention are hereinafter particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation showing the preferred form of my invention for use with bowls provided with lugs or hangers.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the flanged ring before the arms and gripping fingers are attached.

Fig. 4: is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the device attached to a shade ordeflector.

Fig. 6 is anelevation showing a modification.

Fig. 7 is an elevation showing the device as connected with a fixture and suspending a bowl provided with lugs or hangers, and

Fig. 8, is a sectional elevation showing a modification in the manner of connecting the arms with the bowl. I

Similar reference characters denote like parts throughout the several views. r

I will first describe my invention in th form adapted for suspending bowls provided withlugs or hangers adjacent their rims.

10, indicates a metallic ring having a bottom flange 11 outwardly turned and downwardly inclined.

In the preferred form of my invention the ring 10, is-provided with spaced vertical slots 12, and in the flange 11,.below each of said slots and in line therewith the metal is cut through on two spaced parallel lines and the metal between said cuts bent slightly upwardly forming bands 13. i r i 14, indicates spaced arms projecting from the flange 11. 15, designates gripper fingers projecting upwardly within the ring 10, their upper ends being outwardly curved above the ring. I prefer to make one .of each arm and finger of one piece of brass wire, the metal of which is flattened for a predetermined distance at the ends forming the gripper fingers;-the'arm portions being left round and each provided at its outer end with a downwardly turned eye 16. I

The flattened end of each piece of wire is passed under one of the'bands 13, through one of the vertical slots12, in the ring 10 projecting upwardly adjacent the inner surface of the ring and above its top where the flattened end of the wire is bent outwardly, forming the spring gripper fingers 15. The arms and fingers are held in position by solder applied at the points where the flattened portions of the wires pass under the bands 13.

While I prefer to form the arms 14, and the gripper fingers 15, each of one piece of metal, or other suitable material as described, they maybe made separately, one end of each arm being secured to the flange of the ring by solder or rivets, as shown in Fig. 6, and the gripper fingers 15, may be der surface of the shade adjacent the opening 18 with the arms 14, projecting along the under surface of the shade, there being suflicient spring in the metal to permit the arms to conform to any curvature in the shade, so that they will bear uniformly upon its under surface.

20, indicates links, each provided at one end with a hook 21 which is adapted to engage the eyes 16 at the ends of the arms 14:, while the links or loops 20 engage with hangers or projections 22 on the bowl 23, when the shade and bowl are connected with a lighting fixture as shown in Fig. 7 I

The shade or deflector 17 may be supported upon the fixture in any suitable manner. It is customary to connect the lamp socket to the end of a tube in which the conductor wires are carried with the socket within the central opening in the shade and with a socket cover over the socket and surrounding the flanged neck of the shade, with clamping screws passing through the lower part of the socket cover and taking against the neck of the shade under its flange. I have shown such connection in dotted lines in Fig. 7 in which 24 indicates a tube forming a part of a fixture and carrying the conductor wires 25. 26, indicates the socket cover, and 27 the-clamping screws. 28, designates an electric lamp, also shown in dotted lines.

In cases where it is desired to dispense with lugs or hangers upon the bowl, it may be suspended by my improved device as illustrated in Fig. 8 in which instance the arms 14, extend downwardly in outwardly bowed form within the bowl 29, their lower ends being connected by solder, rivets or in any other suitable manner to a plate or disk 30, having a central aperture through which passes a headed screw 31, the bowl 29, being open at the bottom or provided with an aperture for the passage of the screw. An outer disk or preferably a dish-shaped member 82, is provided having a central aperture for the passage of the screw 31, which member receives the bottom or-lower edge of the bowl 29, and a thumb-nut 33, having an interiorly threaded bore is screwed upon the lower end of the screw 31, beneath the member 32, thus securing the bowl in position. In this case only two of the arms 14-, are required, although three or more may be employed if desired.

It will be seen that in all cases where a dome, shade or deflector is employed in connection with a light reflecting bowl in fixtures of the character described, the use of my invention dispenses with the necessity for chains to suspend the bowl, and renders it unnecessary to provide apertures in the shade or dome as has heretofore been done for the passage of the chains.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device of the character described comprising a ring having a bottom flange, spaced arms secured to said flange and projecting therefrom, gripper fingers for connecting said device to a shade or dome, and

means for connecting said arms with a bowl.

2. A device of the character described comprising a ring having an outwardly turned bottom flange, a plurality of spaced arms secured to said flange projecting therefrom and each provided on its free end with an eye, gripper fingers for connecting said device to a shade or dome, and means for connecting said arms with a bowl.

3. A device of the character described comprising a ring having an outwardly turned and downwardly inclined bottom flange, a plurality of spaced arms secured to said flange projecting therefrom and each provided at its free end with an eye, gripper fingers for connecting said device to a shade or dome, links engaging the eyes on said arms, and connecting the same with a bowl.

4. A device of the character described comprising a ring having a plurality of spaced vertical slots, and an outwardly turned bottom flange, a plurality of spaced arms secured to said flange and projecting therefrom, the upper ends of said arms J.

passing through said slots in the ring and bent upwardly and outwardly forming gripper fingers for connecting the device to a shade or dome, and means for connecting said arms with a bowl.

5. A device of the character described comprising a ring of flat metal having a plurality of spaced vertical slots and an outwardly turned bottom flange, a plurality of spaced arms secured to said flange with one end projecting therefrom and provided with an eye, the other end of each arm passing through said slots in the ring and bent upwardly and outwardly forming gripper fingers for connecting the device to a shade or dome, and means for connecting said arms to a bowl.

6. A device of the character described comprising a ring of flat metal having a plurality of spaced vertical slots, and an outwardly turned bottom flange provided with spaced integral bands in alinement with the respective slots in said ring, a plurality of spaced arms secured to said flange and projecting therefrom, the upper end of each arm passing under one of said bands on said flange and through one of said slots in the ring and bent upwardly and outwardly forming gripper fingers for connecting the device to a shade or dome, and means for connecting said arms to a bowl.

7. In a lighting fixture and in combination, a shade or dome having a central opening surrounded by a flanged neck, a ring of flat metal fitting within said opening in the shade or dome and having spaced vertical slots and an outwardly turned bottom flange provided with spaced bands in alinement with the respective slots in said ring, spaced arms secured to said flange and projecting therefrom the upper end of each arm passing under one of said bands on the EDWIN L. WHITE.

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